The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-06

Judgment sat near the men ana
women who helped him down through the
window and over the wall talking in pri-
vate over the matter, and saying: How
glad ! am that we effected that rescuel
In coming times others may get the glory
Of Paul. work, but no one shall rob us Of
the satisfaction Of knowing that we held
the rope A"
Once for thirty-six hours we expected
every moment to go to the bottom of the
ocean. The waves struck through the
skylights and 41ished down into the hold
Of the ship and Kissed against the boilers.
II was An awful time: but by the blessing
Of God and the faithfulness Of the men in
charge we came out Of the cyclone and
we arrived at home. Each one before
leaving the ship thanked Capt Andrews
/ do not think there was man
or woman that went off that
ship without thanking Capt Andrews,
and when years after I heard Of his death
/ was impelied to write letter Of con
dolcuce To his family In Liverpool Ev
erybody recognized the goodness, the cour-
a0e, the kindness Of Capt Andrews; but
10 occurs 10 me HOW that we never thanked
the engineer. He stood away down in the
darkness aHid the kissing furnaces doing
his whole duty. Nobody thanked the en-
greer. but God recognized his heroism
there VIII be just as high reward for the
engineer who worked out Of sight as for
the captain VINO stood on the bridge of the
ship in the midst Of the bowling tempest
There are said 10 be about 50, 900 minis
tiers ~ religion in this country. About
80 600 ( warrant came from early homes
which had 20 struggle for the necessaries
of life The sons of rich bankers and
merchants generally become bankers and
merchants The most Of those who be-
come ministers are the sons of those who
had terrific struggle to get their everyday
bread. The collegiate and theological ed
ucation of that son took every luxury
from the parental table for eight years.
The other children We're more scautily
appareled. The son at college every little
while got a bundle from home In il
were the socks that mother had knit, sit
| ting up late at night her sight not as
good as once it was. And there also were
| some delcacics from the sisters hand for
| the vo1ucious appetite of n hungry stu
! dent The father swung the heavy cradle
through the wheat, the sweat rolling from
| his chin believing every step of the way,
and then sitting down under the cherry
| tree at noon thinking 10 himself. Il am
| fearfully tired but it will pay if I can
/ once see that boy through college, and if
/ / can know that he win be preaching the
| Gospel after / am dead. The younger
| children want to know why they can't
/ have this and that AS others do, and the
mother says; BE patient, my children,
until your brother graduates and then
! you shall have more Injuries; but we
must see that boy through"
/ The years go by, and the son has been
/ ordained and is preaching the glorious
| Gospel and a great revival comes, and
I l.. Il.
! Gospel from the lips Of that young
| preacher, and father and mother, quite
| old now, are visiting the son at the vii
! lage parsonage, and at the close Of Sab
! bath OF mighty blessing father and mother
| retire TO their room, the son lighting the
way and asking them if he can do any
| thing TO make them more comfortable,
| saying If they want anything in the night
| just to knock on the wall. And then, all
| alone, father and mother talk over the
| gracious influences of the day and say:
| ''Well, it was worth all we went through
| 10 educate that boy. IL was hard pull,
! but we held on till the work was done.
| The world may not know it, but, mother,
| we held the rope, didn't WEI" And the
| voice, tremulous with joyful emotion, re-
! spends: Yes father, we held the rope.
| I feel my work is done. Now, Lord, let
| test thou thy servant depart in peace, for
mine eyes have seen thy salvation"
! "Pshawi' says the father, 81 never felt
| SO much like living in my life as now.
! want to see what that fellow is going on
| to do, he has begun SO well. "
| Something occurs to me quite personal.
| was the youngest of a large family of
| children. My parents were neither rich
| nor poor -four of the sons wanted collegi-
| ate education, and four obtained ii, bat
| not without great home struggle We
| never heard the old people say once that
they We're denying themselves to effect
| this, but | remember now that my parents
always looked tired | don't think they
| ever got rested until they lay down in
! the Somerviue cemetery. Mother would
| sit down in the evening and say: ''Well
| ! don't know what makes me feel SO
! tiredn' Father would fall Immediately
| To sleep, seated by the evening stand,
| overcome with the days fatigues. One
| of the four brothers, after preaching the
! gospel for about fifty years, entered upon
| his heavenly rest Another of the four is
on the other side of the earth, a mission
| airy Of the cross. Two of us are in this
| land in the holy ministry, and think all
/ Of us are willing to acknowledge our OBJ
| legation to the old folks at home About
| twepty-one years ago the one, and about
/ y
| down the burdens of this life, but they
! still hold the rope
| o, men and women here assembled
| you brag sometimes how you have fought
| your way in the world, but | think there
| have been helpful influences that You have
never fully acknowledged. Has there
not been some influence in your early or
| present home that the world cannot see?
Does there not reach to you from among
| the New England hills, or from western
! prairie, or from southern plantation, or
| from English or Scottish OF Irish home
cord of influence that has kept you right
when you would have gone astray, aud
i which, after you had made crooked
track, recalled you? The rope may be as
long as thirty years, or five hundred
| miles long, or three thousand miles long
| but hands that went out of mortal sight
| long ago still hold the rope. You want a
very swift horse, and you need to rowel
! him with sharpest spurs, and to let the
reins lie loose upon the neck, and to give
a shout to the racer, if you are going to
| ride ont OF reach of your mothers pray
ers. Why, ship crossing the Atlantic
in six days can't sail away from that A
| sailor finds them on the lookout as he
takes his place, and finds them on the
! mast rs he climbs the ratlines to olsen
tangle rope i'll the tempest, and finds
them swinging on the hammock when he
turns in. Why not be frank and ae-
| knowledge 1.-THE most of us would long
ago have been dashed To pieces had not
| gracious and loving hands steadily, low
ingly and nightly held the rope
But there must come a time when we
| shall find out who these Damasceues were
who lowered Paul in the basket, and greet
| them and all those who have rendered TO
God and the world unreeognized and I'M
| recorded services. That is going to he
one Of the glad excitements of heaven,
| the hunting up and picking out of those
who did great good on earth and got no
! credit for it. Here the church has been
| going on for nineteen centuries. and vet
/ the world has not recognized the services
| of the people i'll that Damascus balcony
| Charles G. Finney said to dying Chris
| tian: Give my love to St Paul when
you meet him" When You and meet
him, as we win, | shall ask him TO intro
duee me 70 those people who got him out
/ of the Damascene peril.
We go into long sermons to prove that
we VIII he able to recognize peoDle in
heaven, when there is one reason we fail
! to present, and that is better than all
God will introduce us We shall have
them all pointed ont You would not be
| guilty Of the impoliteness of having
| friends in your parlor not introduced, and
| celestial politeness will demand that we
be made acquainted with all the heavenly
household What rehearsal of old times
and recital OF stirring "reminiscences If
others fail TO give Introduction, God will
take US through, and before our first
tweniy-four hours in heaven--if it were
| calculated by earthly timepieces- have
| passed, we shall meet and talk with more
/ heavenly celebrities than in our entire
mortal state we met with earthly celebri-
| ties. Many who made great noise Of use
illness will sit on the last seat by the